March 05, 2012
— Ace I did a Twitter gag on Saturday.
By the way, someone said "You should put this in a post." Let me mention why I didn't.
A post is an investment. It feels more substantial. I feel like when I do a post, I have to turn in a Real Essay or something. Or in this case, a real comedy bit. Like edited.
Twitter isn't like that. There's no investment in a 140 character joke. It doesn't need to be good. I can stop whenever I like. I don't need an ending.
Anyway, a lot of people liked this gag so I'll post it.
The background, the thing I'm spoofing, is Sandra Flake's claim that some woman she heard from -- some "voice" -- told her that she had been raped, but she knew Georgetown's insurance did not cover birth control, so she assumed -- assumed, her word -- that the insurance would not cover rape.
Wouldn't cover a check-up afterwards for STD's. Sandra Fluke said that herself -- this "woman's voice" told her that she assumed that there was a special provision in Georgetown U's insurance stating something like "We don't cover rape. You're on your own."
I find that rather implausible, and to the extent it's plausible at all, I find it to be absurd to claim that because someone assumed that Gerogetown had a special "Screw you, rape-victim" rider that they should be denied their religious liberty to not cover birth control.
Their religious liberty must fall so that people don't make erroneous "assumptions" like this?
Another story was of a woman who got a birth control prescription and then was embarrassed and shocked when she went to CVS (or wherever) and was informed, for the first time, that she'd have to pay for that out of pocket.
That huge $9/month cost.
So she left the pharmacy, shocked, embarrassed, victimized, and traumatized.
In both instances the trauma attached due to a misunderstanding about what Georgetown covered. And the correct position, Fluke maintains, is that the Jesuits should abandon their religious scruples, not, say, that people might pick up a phone and call to inquire about the coverage. Or, say, ask a Reproductive Rights advocate like Sandra Fluke what the insurance covers.
Or that they should actually read the policy.
I almost don't even want to mention that because at this point in our nation's trajectory most people will laugh at this possibility.
And yet, in both cases, simply finding out the terms of coverage would have avoided the traumatization. Shock in one case, forgoing necessary post-rape treatment (including STD testing) in another.
And the media, of course, permitted these silly claims to go forth into the public square as we debate a very serious principle, that of religious liberty, and the proper role of the state in intruding into personal choices.
Personal choices by employers, too. Funny how that part always gets left out.
So if you go here and scroll down to where I first mention "Wheelbarrow," you can read my own testimony, about how I was hit by a car but didn't call the doctor because I assumed, wrongly it turns out, that gross physical injury sustained by truck wasn't cover. It's in reverse order, so once having found the wheelbarrow post, read up, not down.
See, I assumed some things.
Damn confusing coverage!
I too have a tale of Woe, and no one seems interested in it.
Why is my voice to be Silenced by a World Waging War on Women? And also, me?
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Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 11:31 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2012 11:32 AM (GULKT)
How would they know I wasn't always a newt anyway?
Posted by: eleven at March 05, 2012 11:32 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 05, 2012 11:32 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: Not an Artist at March 05, 2012 11:34 AM (Lo/3Q)
Posted by: Drewbicle at March 05, 2012 11:36 AM (kXVgG)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2012 11:36 AM (tqwMN)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2012 11:37 AM (tqwMN)
Posted by: the hobbit fomerly known as Donna at March 05, 2012 11:38 AM (lyHhk)
Posted by: Watcher at March 05, 2012 11:39 AM (NABxn)
Keep scrolling down at the Twitter link. All becomes hysterical, er, I mean clear.
Posted by: Retread at March 05, 2012 11:40 AM (joSBv)
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2012 11:41 AM (GQ8sn)
One of the funniest things I've seen 140 characters at a time.
Absolutely hysterical!
Posted by: Tami at March 05, 2012 11:42 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2012 11:42 AM (GULKT)
"And the media, of course, permitted these silly claims to go forth into the public square..."
Au contraire, au furry one. This senseless argument (as you pointed out) was crammed down our throats by every major media outlet 24/7 for days.
"Permitted?" Um, no.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at March 05, 2012 11:43 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2012 03:41 PM (GQ8sn)
He's explaining it for those that weren't following it Sat. night. Man....some people will get their grump on over the slightest thing.
Posted by: Tami at March 05, 2012 11:43 AM (X6akg)
So Fluke is saying, in essence, that not only can they not be asked to pay for contraception themselves because they can't afford it, but they shouldn't be asked to use the loan proceeds for their living expenses to pay for it.
Posted by: Alec Leamas at March 05, 2012 11:44 AM (mg08E)
Just admit it, you hate women and want to see their health choices curtailed!
It's about women's, er, womyn's health, not about the patriarchy like Rush and rich white men!!!
Why should the women be forced to purchase rubbers, er, condoms, and why do men feel the need to destroy any woman that wants access to healthcare?
Hmm, I'm goin gto think about this...
So Mrs., er...MS Fluke needs birth control pills.
Why? Because she has sex.
But what about a condom you ask?
Yes, what about a rubber, er, condom...would that NOT be a better thing to use for birth control than the pill?
Isn't that really safe sex? What does taking the pill do to stop the world wide epidemic of AIDS?
Nothing.
This whole fucking thing is insane.
Posted by: rev dr e buzz at March 05, 2012 11:44 AM (tcSZb)
Posted by: Lurker DeLurked at March 05, 2012 11:44 AM (ePFyF)
Posted by: Timwi at March 05, 2012 11:45 AM (pdhxN)
It's my theory that Sandra Fluke is a brilliant satirist.
Because if you read her testimony and follow her "work" you quickly come the conclusion that NOBODY is that fucking stupid.
Ergo, she has to be a satirist.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2012 11:45 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Polliwog at March 05, 2012 11:45 AM (zmm1+)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 05, 2012 11:46 AM (Ud5vq)
Johnny Coldcuts Face ought to contact Fluke. Maybe she'd share some of her KY. No, wait, that's not covered either, is it?
Posted by: Retread at March 05, 2012 11:46 AM (joSBv)
Has anyone actually contacted Georgetown to see if one peep of what Sandra said was even remotly true?
I mean...im sure Ms Fluke is a fine, upstanding citizen...but wouldn't a...oh...i don't know...member of the insurance industry, who is associated with Georgetown university have FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE of these issues, and could give...oh...I don't know...some sort of actual facts and figures on such things.
You know, as opposed to "I heard from a friend of another friend that her friend had this thing, which was like super expensive. And I know that as a FACT."
Wouldn't it be great if someone out there was paid to do some sort of...investigating, of a purely ...journalistic nature?
Man, can you imagine what sort of world that would be.
Posted by: DrMrBadman at March 05, 2012 11:47 AM (D8pR3)
Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at March 05, 2012 11:47 AM (BdV7W)
Over here!
Gifted Orator Barack Obama Says a Staggering 96 “Uhhs” In Less Than 5 Minutes
TinyURL.com/6uow3nc
ABPU
Always.Be.Punching.Up
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 05, 2012 11:48 AM (dxTxt)
Wouldn't it be great if someone out there was paid to do some sort of...investigating, of a purely ...journalistic nature?
That's just crazy talk!
Posted by: The MF Media at March 05, 2012 11:48 AM (sbV1u)
No?
Well, can we talk about something else then
PLEASE??
Posted by: Smell of Desire? at March 05, 2012 11:48 AM (ay6+/)
ABPU Always.Be.Punching.UpPosted by: weft cut-loop
In Obama's case it's ABPC
Always Be Punching the Clown.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2012 11:49 AM (sbV1u)
http://tinyurl.com/88fvz3f
Posted by: slatz at March 05, 2012 11:49 AM (zcFMc)
Posted by: rockmom at March 05, 2012 11:49 AM (qE3AR)
What the hell is wrong with you people? Birth control is obviously covered under the Constitutional's "Good and Plenty" clause. Where did you people learn you civilics? Idiots.
Posted by: Former House Judiciary Chair, John Conyers, sooper-geenyus at March 05, 2012 11:49 AM (iOOXO)
Posted by: Jake Tapper, who wants Charlie Gibson's job at March 05, 2012 11:50 AM (MMC8r)
I know he's explaining his joke, but for some reason all of them are just....meh. Case in point:
I'm meeting a lady so I tried to use my insurance to buy Fresh Spring Febreeze, to cut the stink of my rotting meat-skull.
* golf claps *
For some reason, to me at least, this whole Fluke-slut nontroversy isn't funny to me. It's lame for several reasons. One is that the libs and media (BIRM) are using it as the cudgel of the day, forcing the GOP and the right to their line. Second, this woman is pathetic enough to go out in public and demand that a school pay for all her jimmy hats that she could buy herself with a little of that Georgetown tuition. The fact that the media ISN'T calling her out on this is what's truly depressing.
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2012 11:50 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Joe the Plumber at March 05, 2012 11:50 AM (DQHjw)
Posted by: Billy Bob, the 1% at March 05, 2012 03:47 PM (hXJOG)
You can read it without have an account. Its just that, well I think twitter has an interface that is crappier than even the HQ's New Comment Thingy.
Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2012 11:51 AM (GULKT)
Man, can you imagine what sort of world that would be.
Posted by: DrMrBadman at March 05, 2012 03:47 PM (D8pR3)
Who are they going to contact? That's the beauty of her 'friends'....it's all protected/made up information.
My favorite is the 'friend' that was 'raped' and didn't seek medical help because apparently her first thought after being raped that her insurance wouldn't cover it!
Posted by: Tami at March 05, 2012 11:51 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2012 11:52 AM (r+9M6)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2012 11:52 AM (YbQJm)
Posted by: jeff talbut at March 05, 2012 11:53 AM (V5auc)
It hurts to talk about this, but I had to go to the doctor last year. I *had* to, because I needed new glasses, and my prescription was expired. I called in advance -- and, it turns out, the optometrist nearest me doesn't take my company health insurance. I had to pay out of pocket.
I also opted not to get vision coverage in my insurance, so there's that to.
I have to go and cry now.
Posted by: sunny-dee (formerly Ella) at March 05, 2012 11:53 AM (fa9yC)
My insurance won't cover that, and they're soooo expensive...
Posted by: nickless at March 05, 2012 11:53 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2012 11:54 AM (GQ8sn)
I'm going to keep beating this into the ground.
It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Tapper did not go Woodward and Bernstein on Fluke
Jake Tappers wife was/is the Regional Director For Planned Parenthood in DC.
Jake Tapper is compromised.
Some conservatives have elevated him to hero status because he asked a few "tough" questions of Obama.
They are all in the tank/compromised one way or another.
This entire thing was a setup from the moment the Greek Midget asked those questions at the debate.
WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS!!
Posted by: McLovin at March 05, 2012 11:54 AM (j0IcY)
My favorite is the 'friend' that was 'raped' and didn't seek medical help because apparently her first thought after being raped that her insurance wouldn't cover it!
It would not surprise me that undergrads, even Georgetown undergrads would believe that. Seriously. Undergrads these days are fucking morons. They can put a condom on a banana, but they can't tell you when the Civil War happened. Go ahead, talk to a few. You won't be able to handle more than a 5 minute conversation before you want to rip your ears off - manually.
But Fluke arguably has friends in law school. Do you believe for a second that a Georgetown law school student is so stupid that she doesn't know....
Never mind. You're probably right.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2012 11:54 AM (sbV1u)
That one was exposed as more than the usual BS Saturday night by a commenter that said the DC police have a fund to cover just this sort of thing for victims without insurance.
Posted by: Retread at March 05, 2012 11:54 AM (joSBv)
Posted by: MJ at March 05, 2012 11:54 AM (/x4oj)
If Fluke didn't have her condoms, her drunk ugly boyfriends would all have to get penicillin injections to keep their pricks from falling off.
And that would be bad.
Posted by: Mr. Wonderful at March 05, 2012 11:55 AM (z8HSj)
Dorothy assumed that she couldn't get back to Kansas without the aid of the Wizard of Oz. And since she didn't ask Glinda, "Can I get back to Kansas without going to see the Wizard?" she ended up traipsing across the Land of Oz, being harassed by a wicked witch and putting herself and her friends in danger, in a completely unnecessary quest to meet the Wizard.
DOROTHY: Oh, will you help me? Can you help me?
GLINDA: You don't need to be helped any longer. You've always had the power to go back to Kansas.
DOROTHY: I have?
SCARECROW: Then why didn't you tell her before?
GLINDA: Because she wouldn't have believed me. She had to learn it for herself.
In other words, ASK FIRST. And when an insurance policy from a Catholic institution doesn't cover contraception, instead of disbelieving it, BELIEVE IT.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at March 05, 2012 11:55 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Jypsea Rose~AoSHQ Graveyard Shift at March 05, 2012 11:55 AM (digkk)
My head hurts...too many layers.
Posted by: dananjcon at March 05, 2012 03:40 PM (8ieXv)
i am with you, can we get a cliff notes of this twitter shit?What is the bottom line, for us that can not piss away hours on a fucking twitter account.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the 1% at March 05, 2012 03:47 PM (hXJOG)
**
Sadly, I was here and on Twitter Dat night when all this was going down. Had too many beers in me to get it. Sober, two days later...I still don't get it.
Posted by: dananjcon at March 05, 2012 11:55 AM (8ieXv)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 05, 2012 11:55 AM (jucos)
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2012 03:50 PM (GQ8sn)
Actually, the Fluke isn't looking for rubbers. She has no interest in safe sex, just wanton, nameless, irresponsible sex. Fluke was cool with spreading diseases far and wide, so long as she didn't run the risk of being punished with a baby.
Posted by: really ... at March 05, 2012 11:55 AM (iOOXO)
Posted by: Fritz at March 05, 2012 11:58 AM (/ZZCn)
Is the Tardasil vaccine required before attending Georgetown? It would certainly appear so.
Otherwise, how is it that these empowered, independent, intelligent 21st-century women appear to be among the stupidest people in America?
Posted by: Andy at March 05, 2012 11:58 AM (5Rurq)
Her linked in page says 2009-2012 (expected)
Is she still there?
IS she enrolled for the current/upcoming semester?
You know the kind of digging a simple plumber got for asking an honest question.
Posted by: McLovin at March 05, 2012 11:58 AM (j0IcY)
[i/ I don't see why Sandra Fluke is so butthurt.[/i]
If she were only butthurt she wouldn't need contraception.
Win!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 05, 2012 11:58 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 05, 2012 11:59 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Retread at March 05, 2012 03:54 PM (joSBv)
I read that but that's not even the issue. No woman, in her right mind, after being raped gives a shit about the cost of the medical care she would receive because of that rape.
Not one....except for a 'friend' of Sandra's.
And yet....no one asked her one question about that 'story'.
Posted by: Tami at March 05, 2012 11:59 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2012 11:59 AM (tqwMN)
I posted this on the other thread:
You know why there was a huge uprising against the British in India in 1857? The Indians thought that the British were deliberately greasing their cartridges with sacred animals so they could force the Indians to be alienated from their religion. This situation is actually worse because it's deliberate. A healthy society would be no less outraged than the Indians.
Posted by: Chris at March 05, 2012 12:00 PM (XGZYX)
Posted by: jewells45 at March 05, 2012 12:00 PM (l/N7H)
Posted by: Greg at March 05, 2012 12:00 PM (J3Ovp)
Posted by: Ma Bell at March 05, 2012 12:00 PM (uVuwp)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2012 12:01 PM (YbQJm)
"Johnny Cold-Cuts-Face Meets the Red Angel of Death." The Fugs had you as Johnny Pissoff (my new Twitter name,) and you only met the Red Angel. Since you needed a wheelbarrow, I added the "of Death" part.
We all know that SNL could do a smasher of a skit with Fluke-Face, but they won't.
They could also do a Bibi and Bam number, but they won't.
And Washername-Schlitz? Forgettaboutit.
Posted by: I am the walrus, goo goo ga joo at March 05, 2012 12:01 PM (4sQwu)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at March 05, 2012 12:01 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 05, 2012 12:01 PM (jucos)
A quick visit to Georgetowns student health insurance website had a PDF of what the plan covered right out and available to the public.
This comes right from Georgetowns Premier Plan booklet.
Exclusions
No benefits will be paid for: a) loss or expense caused by, contributed to, or resulting from; or b)
treatment, service or supplies for, at, or related to:
19: Prescription Drugs, services or supplies as follows, except as specifically provided in the policy:
b) Birth control and/or contraceptives, oral or other, whether medication or device; except as
specifically provided in the policy;
So...appearantly there ARE provisions for birth control/contraceptives that are provided for in this policy.
Gosh, if google provided the answers in under 5 minutes. I have to wonder what an interprising person with a telephone and an afternoon could find out exactly what those exclusions are.
Man, if only some enterprising individual could find this out. I'd be dying to know.
Posted by: DrMrBadman at March 05, 2012 12:01 PM (D8pR3)
and someone will say," see they hate women!"
Posted by: willow at March 05, 2012 12:02 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Gasman at March 05, 2012 12:02 PM (cgrfB)
Posted by: Ma Bell at March 05, 2012 04:00 PM (uVuwp)
Lawn School is where stupid people go.
Posted by: really ... at March 05, 2012 12:03 PM (iOOXO)
Posted by: MJ at March 05, 2012 12:03 PM (/x4oj)
Posted by: Not an Artist at March 05, 2012 12:03 PM (Lo/3Q)
No, we're amateurs. We hope to go pro next year, though, so stick around.
Posted by: Andy at March 05, 2012 12:04 PM (5Rurq)
91 Is this a pro homo site? All these pictures of cats and stupid off the wall topics. Yo,man up folks.
Posted by: Gasman at March 05, 2012 04:02 PM (cgrfB)
Oi! Don't be dissin' the kittehs. They portend DOOM.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at March 05, 2012 12:05 PM (4df7R)
Come to think of it, Johnny Coldcuts hasn't posted here in a long long time. For those of you too young to remember, Johnny Coldcuts was a guest blogger, the foulest of the foul-mouthed, he was.
And he's not some sock puppet for anybody, he's a real life sandwich. Or at least he was. Maybe somebody ate him. Lord knows he asked for it often enough.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 05, 2012 12:05 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2012 12:05 PM (tqwMN)
SHH! You have to let them continue that work unremarked-upon! If you start calling attention to their work, non-conservatives get butthurt and confused.
What's a little tyranny compared to the horror of butthurt and confused?!
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 05, 2012 12:05 PM (/kI1Q)
80 O/T: the new Opel-badged version of the Volt has been named European Car of the Year by journalists in the EU. I am not making this up. (Link to WZ's story in my name).
I wonder if they're selling better over there? GM is shutting down production here for 5 weeks because of weak sales. But did you know that they have tripled their sales of Volts in February from a year ago! They actually managed to sell 1,000 of them. Too bad that rate is well below their goal of selling 45,000 this year.
Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2012 12:05 PM (GULKT)
I don't watch the show, just read the re-caps on IMDB. This shows reads like a slow trainwreck.
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2012 12:05 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: MJ at March 05, 2012 12:06 PM (/x4oj)
The mistake I think we're making is applying logic, or helpful advice, to a situation created solely for Sandra and her ilk to appear as victims. As usual they don't want solutions, they want to be aggrieved..
Posted by: Retread at March 05, 2012 12:06 PM (joSBv)
There you go.
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2012 12:07 PM (GQ8sn)
Since some men have such an enormously endowed meat package....they need wheelbarrows to transport them. ..........Wheelbarrows should be covered under their health insurance!
Posted by: wheatie at March 05, 2012 12:07 PM (dauG/)
Posted by: MJ at March 05, 2012 12:08 PM (/x4oj)
Posted by: EC at March 05, 2012 12:08 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at March 05, 2012 12:08 PM (48wze)
They don't even want that. They want control. "Aggrieved" is a tactic, and one that works pretty well.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 05, 2012 12:08 PM (/kI1Q)
Great. It's in the bag for your side. Take it easy, don't prepare, and by all means do it somewhere else.
Posted by: Alec Leamas at March 05, 2012 12:09 PM (mg08E)
Posted by: Warden at March 05, 2012 12:09 PM (HzhBE)
And use her dead sister's IUD, because Medicare doesn't cover contraception.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 05, 2012 12:09 PM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg at March 05, 2012 12:10 PM (2jQGY)
The other side is running the dialogue and that means we are going to be proper f****d.
Posted by: Jinxthecat at March 05, 2012 12:10 PM (l3vZN)
http://twitter.com/bdomenech
- European Car of the Year awarded to Volt in part because of its ability to fit a baton rack.
- The Volt, European Car of the Year, cited for its quality handling, luxurious interior, and impressive blast radius.
Posted by: Andy at March 05, 2012 12:10 PM (5Rurq)
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2012 12:10 PM (7vSU0)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at March 05, 2012 12:11 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Poncherello at March 05, 2012 12:11 PM (60z6K)
Posted by: Laughing, Heartless Republican at March 05, 2012 12:11 PM (jucos)
"Our insurance doesn't cover the gear necessary to be professionals."
I had to pay for my assless chaps and riding crop out of pocket.
Posted by: ErikW at March 05, 2012 12:12 PM (RKOob)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, mourning Andrew at March 05, 2012 12:12 PM (a15u2)
Fluke testified that she was a 23 years old coed. Turns out she is a 30 year old activist with a 6 year gap between college and law school. She Lied! Right from the git-go of her little kubuki performance, She Lied! Why are our sorry ass media not interested in this little fact? Oh yeah, Look! A Squirrel!
Just wondering, but can a lesbian get preggers from her 'partner', and why do they need so much contraceptive protection? Just askin'!
Posted by: ole scratch at March 05, 2012 12:12 PM (+56Bh)
And.............we fell for it.
Yeah, I'm kinda slow like that, even for a moron.
Posted by: Retread at March 05, 2012 12:12 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2012 12:13 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2012 12:13 PM (7vSU0)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 05, 2012 12:13 PM (jucos)
Posted by: MJ at March 05, 2012 12:14 PM (/x4oj)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 05, 2012 04:08 PM (/kI1Q)
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Short but spot on. This is their MO. Seems we'd learn by now.
Posted by: Soona at March 05, 2012 12:15 PM (Zcpr8)
Posted by: Not an Artist at March 05, 2012 04:03 PM (Lo/3Q)
I actually cheered the zombie on. "Eat him, hurry before they resue him, eat the whiney bitch!!!" My husband LOLed hard. If only the zombie had eaten that fucking douchebag kid when it had the chance.
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at March 05, 2012 12:16 PM (fYOZx)
Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 12:17 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: willow at March 05, 2012 12:17 PM (TomZ9)
I just wish more female lawyers could have access to more contraception.
It is so fucking UNFAIR!!!
Posted by: rev dr e buzz at March 05, 2012 12:17 PM (tcSZb)
Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 05, 2012 12:17 PM (u50z0)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2012 12:18 PM (YbQJm)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at March 05, 2012 12:18 PM (d0Tfm)
Especially when we'll be tarred with the h8trs brush no matter how we respond.
Posted by: Retread at March 05, 2012 12:19 PM (joSBv)
the new Opel-badged version of the Volt has been named European Car of the Year by journalists in the EU
Yeah ... and Greek 2-years were named "Investment of the Year".
Posted by: really ... at March 05, 2012 12:19 PM (iOOXO)
Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 04:17 PM (5H6zj)
Yes, probably....but would that prevent you, as Sandra claims, from seeking ANY medical treatment after you were raped?
"I think I might have to pay $40 buck for the morning after pill if I report this rape and go to the hospital. Oh no....no, I don't think so. That's outrageous....$40!"
She's a filthy liaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr!
Posted by: Tami at March 05, 2012 12:20 PM (X6akg)
Nice to see payola still exists for those "Car of the Year" awards. I can recall the year that in 1983 the Renault Alliance/Encore won the Motor Trend Car of the Year. And as a prior owner of said car, I can say this: never has a more shoddy piece of manufacturing ever won anything.
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at March 05, 2012 12:20 PM (BvTwT)
Posted by: Sandy 'Vag' Fluke at March 05, 2012 12:20 PM (W7ffl)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at March 05, 2012 12:20 PM (Syndv)
Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 12:20 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2012 12:20 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Dyslexic Rush at March 05, 2012 04:18 PM (YjG/k)
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A bit harsh, but true.
Posted by: Soona at March 05, 2012 12:21 PM (Zcpr8)
Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 05, 2012 12:21 PM (u50z0)
Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 12:22 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 04:20 PM (5H6zj)
I'm impressed you can even type with that awful thing! They're horrible...hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Tami at March 05, 2012 12:22 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Anachronda at March 05, 2012 12:22 PM (NmR1a)
Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 05, 2012 12:24 PM (u50z0)
Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 12:24 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: MJ at March 05, 2012 12:25 PM (/x4oj)
Hmmmm....
The White House announced the G8 summit will take place in Camp David instead of President Obama's hometown Chicago.
The summit was originally going to take place in President Obama's hometown Chicago, alongside an upcoming NATO summit. In the announcement, White House press secretary Jay Carney said that the NATO meeting would still be in Chicago.
"To facilitate a free-flowing discussion with our close G-8 partners, the President is inviting his fellow G-8 leaders to Camp David on May 18-19 for the G-8 Summit, which will address a broad range of economic, political and security issues," the statement read. "The President will then welcome NATO allies and partners to his hometown of Chicago for the NATO Summit on May 20-21, which will be the premier opportunity this year for the President to continue his efforts to strengthen NATO in order to ensure that the Atlantic Alliance remains the most successful alliance in history, while charting the way forward in Afghanistan."
The city had been had been preparing for the summits with planning additional security measures like added cameras around the city and additional riot gear for law enforcement.
Posted by: rockmom at March 05, 2012 12:25 PM (NYnoe)
Posted by: cherry at March 05, 2012 12:26 PM (OhYCU)
Posted by: csm at March 05, 2012 12:26 PM (6MiMG)
Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 12:26 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 05, 2012 04:24 PM (u50z0)
Yeah, so apparently these champions of women's rights let a rapist go free because of the cost of 1 pill.
Posted by: Tami at March 05, 2012 12:27 PM (X6akg)
I am so confused. Why does birth control cost MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH PER YEAR during law school?
According to Ms. Flake?
What, does the buzz you get from rabbit-humping keep you awake for the loads of work you have to do to get by?
Seriously, is this some kind of lawyer joke that they're charged more if they're in law school?
Posted by: barbarausa at March 05, 2012 12:27 PM (t0Sb9)
Posted by: Anachronda at March 05, 2012 12:27 PM (FzhYM)
Like when Seagate was shipping bricks around the country and counting them as sold hard drives. It all collapsed when someone opened a box expecting a shiny new hard drive and found a brick.
When was this? Quick google found something about an old HD compnay called Miniscribe doing brick/HD accounting in the 90s, but did I miss some more recent scandal with Seagate?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 05, 2012 12:29 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Andy at March 05, 2012 12:29 PM (5Rurq)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, mourning Andrew at March 05, 2012 12:29 PM (a15u2)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, mourning Andrew at March 05, 2012 04:29 PM (a15u2)
I'm on it.
Posted by: Rick Perry at March 05, 2012 12:31 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: csm at March 05, 2012 04:26 PM (6MiMG)
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The pills she's talking about come originally packaged in their own individual velvet bag with a snippet of Bruce Springstein's ass hair included.
Posted by: Soona at March 05, 2012 12:31 PM (Zcpr8)
Posted by: Y-not hasn't really read the post (hi Andrew!) at March 05, 2012 12:33 PM (5H6zj)
He pulled this shit last month during the Michigan primary. What a fuck.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 05, 2012 12:33 PM (f9c2L)
More genius planning by SCOAMF. If you've ever been up around Camp David you'll know what a mess this will make given the kooks likely flocking to a small town to protest.
Posted by: Retread at March 05, 2012 12:33 PM (joSBv)
The pills she's talking about come originally packaged in their own individual velvet bag with a snippet of Bruce Springstein's ass hair included.
At least we know which Clarence is our troll now.
Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 05, 2012 12:34 PM (u50z0)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, mourning Andrew at March 05, 2012 12:34 PM (a15u2)
173, "Ms. Fluke says that birth control can cost $1250 per year. And cars can cost hundreds of thousands, doesn't mean that's what you have to buy.
Posted by: csm at March 05, 2012 04:26 PM (6MiMG)"
according to her tweet in ace's stream, it's 3k if you're in law school.
Still confused: why more than twice as much, unless this is a very elaborate lawyer joke?
Posted by: barbarausa at March 05, 2012 12:34 PM (t0Sb9)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at March 05, 2012 12:36 PM (jTVGC)
Posted by: Not an Artist at March 05, 2012 12:37 PM (Lo/3Q)
Still confused: why more than twice as much, unless this is a very elaborate lawyer joke?
Posted by: barbarausa at March 05, 2012 04:34 PM (t0Sb9)
She's claiming $3K total for 3 years of law school.
Posted by: Tami at March 05, 2012 12:39 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Anachronda at March 05, 2012 12:39 PM (NmR1a)
Posted by: csm at March 05, 2012 12:40 PM (6MiMG)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 05, 2012 12:40 PM (1Jaio)
Maybe Jake Tapper will ask him a really tough question, maybe something along the lines of if he thinks Rush's apology went far enough or why do Republicans hate women.
In fact let's have a bet on what the first question asked will be, that is if he deigns to take questions.
Posted by: McLovin at March 05, 2012 12:41 PM (j0IcY)
Posted by: K~Bob at March 05, 2012 12:43 PM (cTeW9)
Posted by: dagny loved andrew at March 05, 2012 12:43 PM (u50z0)
Eh. The memory goes. Perhaps it was Miniscribe. The 90s would be about the right timeframe, if we're talking early 90s.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 05, 2012 04:39 PM (NmR1a)
Should have used Memorex.
Posted by: The Elephant at March 05, 2012 12:45 PM (BtS1+)
Posted by: Anachronda at March 05, 2012 04:39 PM (NmR1a)
mid 80s to 89, says Wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniScribe
Was just surprised by the claim because I'm fond of Seagate, and the scandal sounded pretty out of character for a major manufacturer.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 05, 2012 12:55 PM (v3pYe)
Back in my day, we didn't have all these designer pills that cost $3,000 a year.If you think you were pregnant, your boyfriend or local pharmacist would falcon punch in your crotch and that would be the end of it.
Posted by: befuddled at March 05, 2012 12:57 PM (xJU23)
Posted by: Lauren at March 05, 2012 12:58 PM (Pqea4)
Remember, Ace when you assume, you make an ass of you and--you sue me!
"A Muslim woman (it doesn’t actually say “Muslim” in the article, but it is quite obvious that she is) in Sweden has received 60,000 kronor in compensation for being unable to start a culinary education course because she mistakenly assumed that she had to eat pork.."
H/T Gates of Vienna
Posted by: 66chevelle at March 05, 2012 12:59 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Lauren at March 05, 2012 01:01 PM (Pqea4)
Posted by: csm at March 05, 2012 01:11 PM (6MiMG)
Posted by: Random at March 05, 2012 01:15 PM (9sTuk)
Posted by: mare at March 05, 2012 01:17 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Lauren at March 05, 2012 04:58 PM (Pqea4)
Yes she is. But the MFM will make her a patron saint of womyn's rights
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 05, 2012 01:29 PM (1Jaio)
My liberal friends on FB are going nuts on this issue (and Rush's comments). They link to feminazi articles about it, but it is so easy to Breitbart them -- I just cut'n'paste one or two of the ugly, vile, crass, hateful comments from the feminist blog they linked to their FB post with a simple "Yikes. Hopefully you didn't mean to link to this hate?".
Posted by: JJ at March 05, 2012 01:42 PM (ll7nZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 05, 2012 01:57 PM (7GfKM)
Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at March 05, 2012 05:08 PM (wo129)
Bad assumption. Georgetown was founded by Jesuits, not Moslems .....
Posted by: Lord of the Fleas at March 05, 2012 05:08 PM (jAfMg)
Posted by: MoscowMike at March 05, 2012 06:08 PM (vmyXX)
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